Bangladesh's first female prime minister Khaleda Zia has died at the age of 80 after suffering from a prolonged illness.
Zia became Bangladesh's first female head of government in 1991 after leading her party to victory in the country's first democratic election in 20 years.
Zia first came into public attention as the wife of Bangladesh's former president Ziaur Rahman. Following his assassination in a 1981 military coup, Zia entered politics and later rose to lead the BNP.
